The Republic of Southeast Aarde is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by President Suriya Turner with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.855 billion Koians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Koi City. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Southeast Aardean economy, worth 897 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 114,287 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The judicial branch is strongly influenced by the Communist Party, fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, class boundaries start and end with the firmness of local tomatoes, and the well-to-do in OrangeJuice are never on time for important appointments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southeast Aarde's national animal is the Fsocernaib Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Southeast Aarde is ranked 26,273^rd in the world and 3^rd in OrangeJuice for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 74.62 Effective Tax Rate.